Adoption
1975 · Movie · 89 min. · Hungary
Single factory worker Kata, 43, wants to have a child with her long-time secret lover, a married man called Joska. He doesn't like the idea. Kata befriends teenage schoolgirl Anna, abandoned by her parents at the age of six. Anna runs away from the local children's home and moves in with Kata so that she can keep on seeing her boyfriend Sanyi. Kata goes to see Anna's parents and persuades them to give the young lovers their permission to marry. Through Anna, Kata becomes interested in neglected children and decides to adopt a baby from the children's home.
Direction Márta Mészáros
Cast Flora Kadar · Gyöngyvér Vigh · Istvan Szoke · Janos Boross · Kati Berek · Laszlo Szabo · Peter Fried
Soundtrack György Kovács
Screenplay Ferenc Grunwalsky · Gyula Hernádi · Márta Mészáros
Cinematography Lajos Koltai · Márta Mészáros
Original title Örökbefogadás
6.6
67 votes (FilmAffinity)
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